Tonight was just Dave Darland's night. First off, he was the winner of the "Somebody Up There Likes Me Award" when he slid off the top of the berm in turn two, dropped back a bunch of spots, but was saved when someone else simultaneously bought out the yellow. On the restart, he jumped out to the early lead, with Hunter Schuerenberg in tow. He fought him off, then after Hunter broke, he was chased down by Brady Short and had to fend him off. But the way he did it was the move of the night. They approached lapped traffic and Dave just made a super aggressive move on multiple lapped cars and was then off. After that, the rout was on. But the race wasn't over, in fact it was just about to heat up. Second through seventh, from that point on, was just like a big free-for-all. Short, Clayton, Cottle, Stanbrough and Leary just went at it. Lap, after lap, after lap the running order would change. And in the end, all of them but Short would be caught and passed by the hard charging Jeff Bland, who had to transfer out of the B-main and had started in the back. Clayton was flying around the top, brakes ablaze, looking like he was getting ready to blow up, before he faded in the end. But he was sure fun to watch before that. And Brady ran a hell of a race, but just ended up having nothing for the People's Champion, who was in a league of his own tonight.

Great night on the Bloomington hillside with all the Bloomington regulars and a few guests who picked a good night to come visit. Long live the memory of the great Sheldon Kinser.

Jerry